Being "in flow" is an abstraction moment that is reached every time that a passionate activity is performed... is true that it is easier to achieve by listening classical music. JB
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Sakis Koukouvis's insight:
Music moves us. Its kinetic power is the foundation of human behaviors as diverse as dance, romance, lullabies, and the military march. Despite its significance, the music-movement relationship is poorly understood. We present an empirical method for testing whether music and movement share a common structure that affords equivalent and universal emotional expressions. 
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Sensitivity to emotion in speech prosody derives from our capacity to process music, supporting the idea of an evolutionary link between musical and language domains in the brain.
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A new study review published by the University of Kentucky found that music therapy can be beneficial to patients before, during and after a surgical procedure and may reduce pain and recovery time.
Maria Drohan's curator insight,
October 8, 2013 11:49 AM
I loved this article, it was very interesting. I found it very interesting reading about the characteristics of music that are also very important and effective in music therapy such as the tempo, rhythm and volume of the music. This can be carefully controlled in order to maximize a huge positive effect that music can have on the brain weather conscious or unconscious.
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You know those songs that you love so much that you cry because they're over? Well, cry no more with the Inifinite Jukebox by Paul Lamere. Inspired by Infinite Gangnam Style, the Infinite Jukebox lets you upload a song, and it'll figure out how to cut the beats and piece them back together for a version of that song that goes forever.
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Since the days of the ancient Greeks, scientists have wondered why the ear prefers harmony. Now, scientists suggest that the reason may go deeper than an aversion to the way clashing notes abrade auditory nerves; instead, it may lie in the very structure of the ear and brain, which are designed to respond to the elegantly spaced structure of a harmonious sound.
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Famed neurologist Oliver Sacks has been a lifelong lover of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, and thanks to a team at Columbia University (including WSF alum Joy Hirsch) he was able to put his favorite composer to the test. In a clip from NOVA, Bach is pitted against Ludwig van Beethoven, while a brain scanner analyzed the results.
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President Leon Botstein of Bard College steps boldly into the fray to answer one of the most enduring human questions: What is art? This discussion spills over into debates about art's value to society ---- whether access to the arts is right as basic as education or health care, and whether it should be assessed and supported by government or left to the "invisible hand" of the free market. President Botstein explains why it is essential to ask these questions and offers a sturdy basis for evaluating them. He goes so far as to suggest that engaging with art can give our lives meaning and purpose.
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Two researchers have provide preliminary evidence that listening to Mozart can help us cope with cognitive dissonance—that intense feeling of discomfort that arises when we realize two of our core beliefs are at odds.
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The process of music composition can be, at times, a severely trying exercise. There seem to be endless techniques and approaches that a composer can use to further their artistic pursuits. One particular method may seem ...
Jonathan Matos's curator insight,
October 14, 2017 12:55 PM
Having music seem like an equation in my opinion just takes the fun out of it. Yet composer and multi-instrumentalist Derek Kortepeter Feels as it is the future. He says “he’s passionate about music that changes the thoughts of human beings, and the people willing to do anything to show the masses the music we should all be talking about and listening to”.
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A little music training in childhood goes a long way in improving how the brain functions in adulthood when it comes to listening and the complex processing of sound, according to a new Northwestern University study.
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Is music humanity's drug of choice? What is the mysterious power behind it's ability to captivate, stimulate and keep us coming back for more? Find out the scientific explanation of how a simple mixture of sound frequencies can affect your brain and body, and why it's not all that different than a drug like cocaine
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Activity in a particular part of our brains while listening to new music reveals whether we enjoy the tune, and even how much we’d be willing to pay to hear it again.
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Parrots, known for their uncanny ability to mimic sounds, also have personal musical tastes.
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Using the electrical signals generated by slime mould to make music creates an instrument musicians can ‘play’ by zapping the creature with light
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Music is basically a strong fertility agent that is used by humans as a sign of attractiveness.
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Not to be outdone by "runner's high", music has been found to increase endorphins and increase a body's threshold for pain.
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Have you ever wondered what your brain sounds like when it is thinking? Download the sound files with brain music
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Functional magnetic resonance imaging shows what happens in the brain during improvisation.Rappers making up rhymes on the fly while in a brain scanner have provided an insight into the creative process.
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Music holds great power over our minds, but what makes it therapy? Concetta Tomaino, an expert in the field of music and neurologic rehabilitation, discusses the case of Henry, a man who suffers from dementia but is awakened by music. She explains the therapeutic process, and the difference between music as a treatment and music as therapy.
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Scientists have found that mice who hear music during a narrow window of their development will enjoy it when they've grown up. They'll even behave less anxiously when there's music playing.
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A new study adds to the malleability of our moral judgments by demonstrating that they can also be influenced by music.
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Last month, dozens of news outlets reported the story of Charlotte Neve, the seven-year-old girl from Lancashire who awoke from a coma after hearing one of her favourite songs. "It's a complete miracle," the girl's mother, Leila, told The Sun. "I thought I was going to lose my little girl. I climbed into her hospital bed to give her a cuddle … and Adele came on the radio. I started singing it to her because she loves her and we used to sing that song together. Charlotte started smiling and I couldn't believe it."
There are other, similar cases. Earlier this year, Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb fell into a coma after contracting pneumonia, and reportedly emerged from it 12 days later after family members began playing familiar music and singing to him. Such cases provide anecdotal evidence that familiar music has beneficial effects on comatose patients. Now, French researchers have conducted the first scientific study of this phenomenon, and their preliminary findings suggest that familiar music probably can increase arousal in coma patients, and may also enhance their cognitive processes.... Via Dr. Stefan Gruenwald
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Konkreet Performer is a music control and performance instrument for the iPad. Its unique and intuitive multi-touch interface reconnects the musician’s actions directly with the music.
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